Introduction

What is a one-name study?

"A one-name study is a project researching a specific surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree or descendancy of one person or couple. A one-name study is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Studies may include a number of family trees which have no link with each other."  Wikipedia

In WikiTree terms: "The ... Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the ... name. The hope is that other researchers ... will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the ... name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically; Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically, by time period, or by topic (DNA, Occupations, Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. The Coordinator began this project because of hitting a brick wall on this family branch.

However, the purpose of the one-name study is broader than that: The study has a global scope; it includes research within countries or time periods where sources of genealogical data are readily available; and it will research and store all data in WikiTree as the core genealogical dataset."

So, the effort is to: 

• identify individuals with the surnames Flower and Flowers, 
• add them to the Study, by creating profiles for them at WikiTree.  
• compile statistics about the composite of those individuals: gender, geography, occupations, etc.  

These efforts will, hopefully, provide a picture of the origins, migration, scope and number of people who share these surnames.

One-Name Studies are also the primary interest of the Guild of One-Name Studies.  This Study is not registered there, as yet, but there's hope that a member of the Study will have interest in the Flower/Flowers surname in England and Europe. There is a limit to the number of Studies the Guild allows.

Read more about the Study on the page About the Study.

This blog will be published irregularly and links will be posted to it on various social media platforms.

The blog will include any interesting information about the families, about individuals and will include photos when possible.

My particular family branch were in Delhi, Delaware County, New York.  I will post a brief family tree in the near future.

We always appreciate comments so we know we have visitors and so we can work in directions of interest.  Thank you.